Tech Company Financing Transactions

Buzzwire Funding Round

Buzzwire, based in Denver, secured $8 million from Sequel Venture Partners, Matrix Partners and Spark Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
12/5/2007
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$8,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Sequel Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Ron Bernal)

Matrix Partners (Stan Weiss)

Spark Capital (Bijan Sabet)

Proceeds Purpose
Buzzwire will use the new round to move from planning and testing to deployments with major carriers in the U.S. and overseas.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
925 South Race St.
Denver, CO 80209
USA
Email Address
Overview
Buzzwire is a Denver based mobile startup that streams multimedia content (mostly podcasts) to your mobile phone. There are a variety of mobile podcasting services out there Podlinez and Fonpods (deadpool) are two we've covered. However, these services have emphasized backwards compatibility by playing podcasts on specific phone numbers.
Profile
Buzzwire LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Buzzwire Company Twitter Account
Company News
Buzzwire News
Facebook
Buzzwire on Facebook
YouTube
Buzzwire on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chairman
Andrew MacFarlane
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Chief Executive Officer
Gregory Osberg
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VP - Finance
Travis Adlman
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VP - Product Management
Kevin Stuart
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